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EIFL 2010 annual report
Our 2010 annual report shares our many achievements realized through close collaboration with our partner countries.
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Highlights
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2010 was another busy and productive year for EIFL and, in partnership with librarians across our network of over 45 countries, we have made excellent progress in extending access to knowledge. |
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Highly skilled librarians help users to meet their information needs. They also play a key role in helping institutions and researchers increase the visibility and use of their scholarly outputs. Building the capacity of librarians in developing and transition countries is therefore vital in order that they can expand access to knowledge by enhancing services and reaching out to new communities. |
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Technology and a networked information environment bring positive changes to libraries, but also challenges where technology,policy and laws intersect. It is vital that policy and decision-makers understand the value of libraries and recognize their role in ensuring that all have access to information and knowledge for education, business, personal development and leisure. |
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The high cost of many commercial e-resources is a major barrier to knowledge in developing and transition countries. |
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Enabling librarians to share expertise and best practice has a major impact on their ability to increase access to knowledge, especially in developing and transition countries. |
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Libraries in many parts of the world struggle to integrate new information and communication technologies (ICT) into their services. Obstacles include lack of knowledge and skills, outdated hardware, poor infrastructure, the high cost of commercial software applications and scarcity of funds. |
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Information and communication technologies (ICT) provide opportunities for libraries to expand their services in innovative ways and to reach out to poor and marginalized communities. Yet libraries in developing and transition countries – where knowledge and information are much needed – are struggling to keep up with new technology and to get connected to the internet. |
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